Preserved specimen of African coalacanth (IMAGE)

University of Toronto

Preserved specimen of African coalacanth

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Coelacanths have an undeserved reputation as living fossils and the study adds to the growing body of research showing widespread evolution at the genome level.

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Alberto Fernandez Fernandez via Wikimedia Commons

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